Method of making bag with interrupted side gussets
AssigneeHudson-Sharp Machine Co.
InventorEric DeSmedt
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Abstract
A method of forming a bag with at least one gusset on one side including the steps of (a) forming a bag blank having a front panel and a back panel connectable along opposite sides, (b) forming a gusset along one side of one of the front and back panels, the gusset comprising first and second gusset panels inwardly V-folded, which gusset panels have a removable gusset portion at a selected position on the one side, (c) adhesively adhering one side of a patch to one of the gusset panels to a location adjacent the removable gusset portion, the patch having a second adhesive on portions extending beyond the one gusset panel location to the removable gusset portion and beyond the V-fold, and (d) removing the removable gusset portion from the gusset.
Claims8
A method of forming a bag with at least one gusset on one side, comprising:
- forming a bag blank having a front panel and a back panel connectable along opposite sides;
- forming a gusset along one side of one of the front and back panels, said gusset comprising first and second gusset panels inwardly V-folded, said gusset panels having a removable gusset portion at a selected position on said side;
- adhesively adhering one side of a patch to one of said gusset panels to a location adjacent said removable gusset portion, said patch having a second adhesive on portions extending beyond said one gusset panel location to said removable gusset portion and beyond said V-fold;
- removing said removable gusset portion from said gusset;
- adhering said second adhesive on said one side of said patch extending portions to facing portions of one of said front and back panel.
A method of forming a bag with at least one gusset on one side, comprising:
- forming a bag blank having a front panel and a back panel connectable along opposite sides;
- forming a gusset along one side of one of the front and back panels, said gusset comprising first and second gusset panels inwardly V-folded;
- trimming off a fold connecting said front panel to said gusset and separating said front panel from said back panel and gusset to expose the front of said back panel and gusset;
- removing a gusset portion at a selected position on said one side;
- adhesively adhering a first patch to one of said gusset panels and said back panel;
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- adhering said front panel along both of its sides to said gusset and back panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.